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Book SynopsisThis book comprises a collection of papers given at the third biennial conference of the Centre for Property Law at the University of Reading held in March 2000,and is the first in the series 'Modern Studies in Property Law'. The Reading conference is becoming well-known as a unique opportunity for property lawyers to meet and confer both formally and informally; this volume marks a new development, being a refereed and revised selection of the papers given there. Speakers from around the world focus on issues of immediate importance ranging from human rights to electronic conveyancing, as well as timeless but ever-relevant subjects such as trusts, mortgages and the numerus clausus of property rights. As ever, a range of international topics are discussed, this time including land registration in the Nordic countries, and the re-privatisation of land in Eastern Europe.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Issues for a new millennium: property in an electronic age, Charles Harpum; the proprietary character of possession, Jonathan Hill; the place of the equitable lien as a remedy, David Wright; trustee exclusion clauses - lost in the heather?, Peter Luxton; estoppel and reliance, Sarah Nield. Part 2 Human rights: of missiles and mice - property rights in the USA, Christine Willmore; property rights and wrongs - the frontiers of forfeiture, Gary Watt; who's afraid of the neighbours, Rod Edmunds and Teresa Sutton; the Human Rights Act 1998 - the "horizontal effect" on land law, Jean Jowell. Part 3 Mortgages: mortgage conditions - old law for a new century?, John Houghton and Lynne Livesey; consenting away proprietary rights, Martin Dixon; a word safe for mortgagees? registering a scintilla of doubt, Caroline Sawyer. Part 4 The law of landlord and tenant: towards a structure for the law of landlord and tenant, Peter Sparkes; charitable lettings and their legal pitfalls, Warren Barr. Part 5 Succession: perpetuating prejudice beyond the grave - testamentary conditions in restraint of religion, Sheena Grattan; lapse of legacies in Scots law, Ross MacDonald. Part 6 Comparative and international papers: Scots and South African property - problem transplants, D.L. Carey Miller; the numerus clausus of property rights, Andrea Fusaro; accession of moveables to land, Lars van Vliet; the public trustworthiness of land registers in the Nordic countries, Matti Ilmari Niemi; reforming property law in Eastern and Central Europe, Andrew Cartwright; reprivatisation of nationalised property in Poland, Piotr Stec.
